41.   CLT plans later this year to launch with partners a digital TV service in France in competition with Canal Plus.

42.   Cox Communications has been an industry leader in rebuilding its systems to carry digital services.

43.   Companies like Cellular One of South San Francisco are busy offering their own digital service and new lower-cost pricing packages, and developing new data capabilities.

44.   Competition from new providers of digital wireless services called Personal Communications Services, or PCS, should expand the market and increase demand for wireless services, he said.

45.   Cox Communications has been closely studying those who buy its digital services.

46.   Deutsche Telekom is providing the cable platform for their digital service.

47.   Digital service also gets rid of the static common in the older analog phones.

48.   Digital cellular service can also cost less.

49.   Digital cellular service offers better voice quality than traditional analog cellular, and is virtually immune from eavesdropping.

50.   Egan said he expected cable companies to focus their energy on high-speed Internet and new digital services, while satellite companies will be focusing on increased programming.